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· 12/12/1908

Gill v. Louisville & N. R. Co.

Citations

  • 165 F. 438
  • 91 C.C.A. 613
  • 1908 U.S. App. LEXIS 4778

Syllabus

<p>Master and Servant (§ 112*) — Master’s Liability for Injuries to Servani^Railroad Tracks — Duty to Fence. ‘</p> <p>Neither at common law nor under Acts Tenn. 1891, p. 220, c. 101, §§ 2. 3, which provide that railroad companies shall be liable for all stock killed on their tracks if unfenced, but exempts them from such liability if their tracks are inclosed by a lawful fence, is any duty to employes imposed on a railroad company to fence its track; and it is not chargeable with liability for the death of an engineer in its employ, resulting from a collision with live stock on the track because its road was unfenced.</p> <p>[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Master and Servant, Cent. Dig. § 222; Dec. Dig. § 112.*]</p>

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Judges: Lurton, Richards, Severens

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